Project 2125 - Information Technology - Alternate Serial Attached  SCSI  2.1

Serial Attached SCSI - 2.1 is the next generation of the physical portion of current Serial Attached SCSI. It follows
the physical portions of SAS-2, SAS-1.1, and SAS. The following items should be considered for inclusion in Serial
Attached SCSI - 2.1:

a) active cable support (i.e., adding power to the SAS connectors to support optical cables and longer copper
cables);

b) additional connector interfaces (e.g., 8-wide connectors);

c) interface power management;

d) corrections and clarifications; and

e) other capabilities that may fit within the scope of this project.

Increase in the physical link rate above 6 Gigabits per second should not be considered for inclusion in Serial
Attached SCSI - 2.1.